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v BASKET Ami) SKIP. No. 332,407. PatentedDec. 15, 1885.

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J. P. MILBOURNE & T. HUMPHREYS.

BASKET AND SKIP.

No. 332,407. Patented Dec. 15, 1885.

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@NlTED seam JOHN PARKER MILBOURNE AND THOMAS ncnrnnnrsor MANCHESTER,COUNTY OnLANogs'rn ENGLAND SAID rnonas nnvnri-i'nnrs ASSTGNOR TO SAIDJOHN lAllKElt MILBOURNE.

BASKET AND SKIP-I EEPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 332.427, dated December 1 1- 5- ADDllGll-tlldl filed May 25, 1885. Serial No.$6,595. (No model.) Patented in England September 5, 1884, No. 12,031.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN PARKER Mn.- BOURNE and THOMAS Huiurirnnrs,both subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at 5 Manchester,in the county of Lancaster, Eng;

land, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Baskets, Skips, andother'Similar Receptacles, (for which we have obtained a patent in GreatBritain, No. 12,031, bearing.

sealing the ends, in order to prevent the com tents being abstractedduring transit. WVe attain these objects by constructing the basket orskip with asolid wood or metal rail immediately under the top border,and extending round all or any of the sides, the sticks or runners whichform the frame or skeleton passing through holes in this rail. More thanone such rail placed at a suitable distance below that described may beemployed, if desired.

In place ofsecuring the clogs or shoes to the bottom of the skip withnails or other fastenings in the ordinary manner, we bore holes in theclogs, through which are passed the sticks forming the frame or skeletonof 5 the bottom. When Tl111l'iG1S l;. 0., sticks which extend across thebottom and up the sidesare er oyed,we pass them through the clogs, andin ill. ianneigifdesired, we may also pass through the clogs the ends ofthe sticks 0 which form the frame or skeleton for the sides. We makeeach end of the lid of a wood or metal rail, and bore holes partlythrough these rails, into which the ends of the sticks forming the frameor skeleton of the lid project; or, it preferred, some or all of theholes may be bored entirely through these end rails and the stickssecured in them. The rails are or may be further held together bypassing one or more metal rods of bars through the wickerwork of the lidand securing the rod or rods to the rails at each end. \Vheu extrastrength for the lidis required. one or more rails may be placedbetween" andat a suitable distance from the two end rails.

In order that our; invention may be fully understood and readily carriedinto ett'ect, we will describe, the accompanying two sheets of drawings,in which-' Figure 1 is a front elevation of a basket or skip madeaccording to our invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line AB, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional. plan on the line C D, Fig.

1, looking downward. Fig. 4 is a plan, and Fig. 5 a vertical section, ofthe lid, with part of the wicker-work removed,iu order to show theconstruction more clearly. Fig. 6 is a front elevation, and Fig. 7 anend view, of a basket or skip of aslightly-modified construction. Fig. 8is a sectional plan on the line E F, Fig. 6, looking don award. Fig. 9is aver- 7U fic seotioi'i on the line L] H, Fig. 6, the lid having beenremoved. Fig. 10 is aplau, and Fig. 11 a vertical section. of the lidwith part of the wicker-work removed, i order to show the constructionmore clearly. 7

Similar letters refer to si milar parts through out the several views.

In Figs. 1 to 5, a represents the wickerwork of the skip, and b the woodor metal rail, placed immediately under the top border and extendinground all four sides. The rods known as sticks 0 and ruuners d, on whichthe wicker-work of the sides is built, pass through holes formed in therail b. The ends Ofthe sticks c, as well as the sticks c and runners d,on which the wickerwvork of the bottom is built, pass through the clogsf. The clogs thus form part of the bottom of the skip, and are securedby every bottom stick 0, as well as by the runners d and side sticks, 0.

other fastenings are thus dispensed with, and the clogs are held moresecurely and cannot possibly work loose or become detached. The lid 9has a wood or metal rail, h, at each end, connected by the sticks 2',upon which the 5 wicker-work of the lid is built. The ends of the Nails,bolts, or 0 sticks z are fixed in holes in the end rails, h, which areshown further connected together and to the lid by the metal rods k,which pass through and are secured to the rails, as shown in Figs. 4 and5 of the drawings, or in any other suitable manner.

In the slightly-modifiedconstruction of hasket or skip illustrated byFigs. 6 to 11 the clogs f are placed at or near the edges of the bottomof the skip, and a rail, Z, through which all or some of the sidesticks, 0, and runners d pass, is employed, instead of the ordinarywillow or cane upset, and a second rail, b, is,em'ployed,extending roundall four sides of the skip. To give additional strength to the lid,twocross-rails, h, through which the sticks 73 and metal rods it pass, areplaced at suitable distances apart and parallel to the end rails, h.Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declarethat what we claim as our invent ion, and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States, is e 1. The combination of the upright rods0 and the wicker-work, which is built thereon,

the bottom of the basket with the clogs f at and the rail?) at the topthereof, said rail be ing perforated to receive the upper ends of saidrods, and said clogs being recessed to receive the lower endssubstantially as set forth.

2. A basket-lid consisting of the rods or sticks 43, the wicker-workbuilt thereon, and the rails h, which are recessed to receive the endsof said rods, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the metal rods k and sticks t with the rails h,which are recessed to receive the ends of said sticks and rods, and theWicker work built on said sticks, the whole forming the cover of abasket or similar article, substantially as set forth.

The foregoing specification of our improvement in the manufacture ofbaskets, skips, and othersimilar receptacles signed by us this'29tl1 dayof April, 1885.

JOHN PARKER MILBOURNE. THOMAS HUMPHREYS.

Witnesses:

H. B. BARLOW, S. W. GILLETT, Both of 4 Mansfield Chamwrs, 17 Sf.

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